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Only 5 locks right now, all pretty obvious names. Not spending as much time worrying about it as there’s other stuff that need priority, but I’m hoping for another respectable performance next year considering how well I’m doing this year...

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Curious, what's the best score someone's gotten on their personal 50-name Shortlist before?

I would expect the record to be around 20 or so...

By the way, this thread is more about your list for the Derby Dead Pool - the main deadpooling competition here. Each team is 20 people, the record here is 17, but the fame requirements are much lower.

By the way, this thread is more about your list for the Derby Dead Pool - the main deadpooling competition here. Each team is 20 people, the record here is 17, but the fame requirements are much lower.

Iirc, Sir Creep has around 25 deaths or so for his list in 2016, though he did fill it up with a bunch of nobodies...

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9000 posts, far too many, really. Actually, if you count my guest phase, probably well beyond. Ah well. As Proper Post 1 was a list, and first really regular deadpooling post was a list then... yep, list coming. Here's a list of potential names and ideas for DDPs (and other pools) for folk in 2019. It's a list of frail folk, terminally ill folk, and really old folk rarely mentioned - in an attempt to provide suggestions for all persuasions of the forum. Some are Deathlisty, others more Deathracey, but pretty sure all will get a qualifying obit. Anyhow, I think a fair lot of these names will die in 2019, but there is only room for 20 on my Pan Breed team, so if you want to pick them, good luck!

-Mahmoud Abbas (1935) – Palestinian leader who spent 9 days in hospital in May with a lung infection, the latest of several periods of ill health.

-Richard Dawkins (1941) – Notable scientist/skeptic, not seen as much since serious stroke in late 2016.

-Ruth Dayan (1917) – Super old widow of Israeli general.

-Len Deighton (1929) – Ancient thriller writer.

-FW de Klerk (1936) – South African leader, in and out of hospital in recent years.

-Pierre Delauney (1919) – One of the early pioneers at UEFA, still alive according to French media.

-Paul Dewar – terminally ill Canadian MP.

-Terrence Dicks (1935) – Uncle Terry to SF fans. Show runner of Dr Who during the Jon Pertwee era, or the 70s when you liked it. Regarded as one of the best TV scriptwriters of his generation, worked on Wednesday Plays and Dickens adaptations and all sorts of things. Later became a best selling kids author.

-Fred Dinenage (1942) – Looks 80. Mind you, he did back in the 60s too. TV star, rarely seen these days.

-Ric Flair (1949) – Oft called the GOAT in pro-wrestling, with many notable health problems. Had multiple organ failure in 2017, lucky to be alive, now frail but told by doctors he’ll die if he has another drink. PS He’s an alcoholic.

-Albert Finney (1936) – Alcoholic leading actor, now fairly quiet and outlived all of his pals.

-William Frankland (1912) – Allergy expert, came up with the pollen count, and pioneer in asthma treatment. Now very, very old.

-Terry Funk (1949) – the GOAT wrestler, now in frail health after a lifetime of less than sensible choices, like wrestling death matches at 65…

-Bamber Gascoigne (1935) – Original University Challenge host, not someone you see on TV much these days.

-Alasdair Gray (1934) – Wrote Lanark. Highly regarded author, mutual friend of yours truly. Fell down an old pub cellar in 2015 and was in hospital for ages.

-Jurgen Habermas (1929)- Aging sociologist, legend in his field.

-George Haigh (1915) – You’d think an 103 year old British footballer and WW2 RAF squadron leader would get more attention from deadpoolers, really. On two DDP teams in 2018, 1/8th of the number of teams that picked Sinead O’Connor.

-Barron Hilton (1927) – Hotels, money, Paris Hiilton’s grandfather that came up with most of her money.

-Frazer Hines (1944) – Dr Who’s Jamie, or Emmerdale’s Joe. Had a long battle with cancer in recent years, not as active as he was.

-Earl Holliman (1928) – Star of first ever Twilight Zone ep.

-Ian Holm (1931) – Alien/Lord of the Rings actor now wheelchair bound and in increasingly frail health according to the FT.

-Michel Houllebecq (1956) – Ghastly looking French writer.

-Douglas Hurd (1930) – Tory heavyweight and Major Cabinet member that has disappeared from view lately and has apparently been in poor health.

-William Hurt (1950) – Actor who allegedly cured terminal cancer with quackery. The latter is obvious bullshit, but is the former?

-Lord Hutton (1931) – Remember the Hutton Report, that said that Tony Blair and co had nothing to do with the death of David Kelly, and that all of the Iraq War lies were the fault of the BBC and def not Tony B or Ally Campbell? That was this guy! Was also the judge in N Ireland back in the day you wanted if you were suspected of being in the IRA, despite being a dour Presby. Retired from the Lords in 2018.

-DeWayne Lee Johnson (1972) – Monsanto Man. He’s going to die in 2019, he is going to obit (Guardian love him for one), and with his case making the BBC News, he’ll probably be a Drop 40er.

-Terry Jones (1942) – Monty Python star, who in 2019 will be in Year 4 of a fast acting dementia which tends to kill folk in… Year 4.

-Eric Joyce (1960) – Alkie former MP and former soldier who once headbutted a Tory MP in a bar fight. Also had an affair with a schoolgirl. Despite this, mostly forgotten! Wont make old bones, 65 might be a struggle too.

-Charles Kay (1930) – Actor that used to be in everything. Edge of Darkness etc.

-Yaphet Kotto (1939) – Alien and Live and Let Die star.

-Stuart Kuttner (1939) – Former Murdoch Press editor, now frail after a series of strokes.

-Denis Law (1940) – Football legend who has been suffering a lot of pensioner related illnesses and looks like fucking shite now. Circling the drain.

-John Le Carre (1931) – Old legendary author, Smiley’s People, etc.

-Ian Levine (1954) – Take That manager and Loud Doctor Who fan who gets very angry with everyone (he probably even told Biblio to fuck off once, like everyone else in Who fandom, can you imagine that?), and once got to write a Dr Who story, which was crap. Also a pioneer in rescuing missing archive TV. Had the world’s least surprising massive stroke in 2014.

-Steffan Lewis (1985) – terminally ill Plaid Cymru politician.

-Jet Li (1963) – Action film star with heart issues who looks aged.

-Henry Lincoln (1930) – Created the Yetis in Dr Who with long gone Mervyn Haisman, then wrote a pile of shite which inspired the Da Vinci Code. Grumpy old sod, mostly, but with a point – ripped off several times, never earned a cent for it.

-Joan Lingard (1932) – Wrote series of books about N Ireland young love. Really old and doesn’t appear much now.

-John Nettleton (1929) – Actor who was in everything – you’ll know the face – but long retired now due to being 90 in February coming.

-Olivia Newton John (1948) – Grease star with relapsed breast cancer (incurable) and trying to treat it with alternative medicines.

-Monty Norman (1928) – Utterly forgotten, sod all mentions on here, despite writing the Bond theme. Berry Gordy is the same age but still relatively public, looking healthy, and a bonafide future DL pick – whereas Monty’s off the radar.

-Sir Roger Norrington (1934) – Acclaimed conductor, fighting off inoperable brain cancer for a decade with a cocktail of drugs.

-Eileen Paisley (1934) – Big Ian’s* widow, who spends most of her time criticising the DUP who have somehow managed to move to the right of the late Dr and spend much their time going “I think what Ian Paisley meant to say… “
*Naw, no that one!!!

-Judy Parfitt (1935)- Well seen face on TV, now in Call the fecking Midwive. Said she didn’t expect to live to see end of show, is she keeping something from us?

-Chris Patten (1944) – Tory chairman who hilariously lost in 92, then was last Governor of Hong Kong and chairman of the BBC. Now suffering from heart problems.

-Martin Peters (1943) – English World Cup winner now badly ill with dementia. Allegedly as bad as Nobby according to the Mail and co earlier in the year.

-Gordon Pinsent (1930) – Canadian TV actor who will actually QO as he was Benton’s dead dad (he was a ghost) in Due South. What do you mean, what was Due South? It was fucking massive in the 90s. OK, he’s also the voice of Cornelius in 90s kids TV show Babar. Oh, and he had brain surgery in 2016.

-Sidney Poitier (1927) – Legendary actor now looking rather frail.

-Harry Reid (1939) – Heavyweight US politician with a touch of the old pancreatic cancer.

-Kenny Richey (1964) - Scot who was on Death Row in the US for 20 years, despite dodgy evidence. Got cleared in 2007, promptly became a raging alkie, got cancer, tried suicide several times andhad a breakdown. Now allegedly on the wagon, but has suffered a stroke and five heart attacks in the last few years! On borrowed time imo.

-Diana Rigg (1936) – The lovely Emma Peel, also a trained RSCer. Had a massive heart attack in 2017 which nearly killed her, an event which would have sent this household into deep mourning. Ah, 1967 Diana Rigg…. Sorry, where were we again?

-Shane Rimmer (1929) – Actor/writer, 4 Bond films, Star Wars, Dr Strangelove, UFO, Thunderbirds. Great CV. Also wrote Avalanche, one of the best Captain Scarlet episodes. Now very old and retired, but still attends fan conventions regularly. Even so, Robert Hardy showed how quickly actors go from that, to ill, to dead, so one to keep an eye on with a slam dunk QO.

-Linda Riordan (1953) – former MP who retired in 2015 due to ill health.

-Anne Robinson (1944) – Former Watchdog/Weakest Link host with alcoholism and cancer problems in her past.

-Smokey Robinson (1940) – One of those legendary music figures you think is already dead.

-Dean Stockwell (1936) – Quantum Leap! Married to the Mob (for which he got an Oscar nom)! The only good thing in the Langoliers! Had documented stroke/dementia issues in recent years sadly, now retired to New Zealand.

-Beryl Vertue (1931) – Former agent of Spike Milligan, Terry Nation, Eric Sykes et all. Producer of Men Behaving Badly and Coupling. Sold the TV rights for Sanford and Son and All in the Family to the Yanks. Produced Tommy, and cult Tommy Cooper comedy short The Plank. Exec produced most of Steven Moffat’s work, as she is his mother in law.

-Lorriane Warren (1927) – Ghost hunter who popularized the Amityville case. Been in frail poor health for years.

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-Gordon Pinsent (1930) – Canadian TV actor who will actually QO as he was Benton’s dead dad (he was a ghost) in Due South. What do you mean, what was Due South? It was fucking massive in the 90s. OK, he’s also the voice of Cornelius in 90s kids TV show Babar. Oh, and he had brain surgery in 2016.

In addition to all that he played Julie Christie's husband in the Oscar nominated film "Away From Her" and was the main cop in the not quite Oscar nominated film "Blacula". So 110% QO lock

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9000 posts, far too many, really. Actually, if you count my guest phase, probably well beyond. Ah well. As Proper Post 1 was a list, and first really regular deadpooling post was a list then... yep, list coming. Here's a list of potential names and ideas for DDPs (and other pools) for folk in 2019. It's a list of frail folk, terminally ill folk, and really old folk rarely mentioned - in an attempt to provide suggestions for all persuasions of the forum. Some are Deathlisty, others more Deathracey, but pretty sure all will get a qualifying obit. Anyhow, I think a fair lot of these names will die in 2019, but there is only room for 20 on my Pan Breed team, so if you want to pick them, good luck!

-Mahmoud Abbas (1935) – Palestinian leader who spent 9 days in hospital in May with a lung infection, the latest of several periods of ill health.

-Richard Dawkins (1941) – Notable scientist/skeptic, not seen as much since serious stroke in late 2016.

-Ruth Dayan (1917) – Super old widow of Israeli general.

-Len Deighton (1929) – Ancient thriller writer.

-FW de Klerk (1936) – South African leader, in and out of hospital in recent years.

-Pierre Delauney (1919) – One of the early pioneers at UEFA, still alive according to French media.

-Paul Dewar – terminally ill Canadian MP.

-Terrence Dicks (1935) – Uncle Terry to SF fans. Show runner of Dr Who during the Jon Pertwee era, or the 70s when you liked it. Regarded as one of the best TV scriptwriters of his generation, worked on Wednesday Plays and Dickens adaptations and all sorts of things. Later became a best selling kids author.

-Fred Dinenage (1942) – Looks 80. Mind you, he did back in the 60s too. TV star, rarely seen these days.

-Ric Flair (1949) – Oft called the GOAT in pro-wrestling, with many notable health problems. Had multiple organ failure in 2017, lucky to be alive, now frail but told by doctors he’ll die if he has another drink. PS He’s an alcoholic.

-Albert Finney (1936) – Alcoholic leading actor, now fairly quiet and outlived all of his pals.

-William Frankland (1912) – Allergy expert, came up with the pollen count, and pioneer in asthma treatment. Now very, very old.

-Terry Funk (1949) – the GOAT wrestler, now in frail health after a lifetime of less than sensible choices, like wrestling death matches at 65…

-Bamber Gascoigne (1935) – Original University Challenge host, not someone you see on TV much these days.

-Alasdair Gray (1934) – Wrote Lanark. Highly regarded author, mutual friend of yours truly. Fell down an old pub cellar in 2015 and was in hospital for ages.

-Jurgen Habermas (1929)- Aging sociologist, legend in his field.

-George Haigh (1915) – You’d think an 103 year old British footballer and WW2 RAF squadron leader would get more attention from deadpoolers, really. On two DDP teams in 2018, 1/8th of the number of teams that picked Sinead O’Connor.

-Barron Hilton (1927) – Hotels, money, Paris Hiilton’s grandfather that came up with most of her money.

-Frazer Hines (1944) – Dr Who’s Jamie, or Emmerdale’s Joe. Had a long battle with cancer in recent years, not as active as he was.

-Earl Holliman (1928) – Star of first ever Twilight Zone ep.

-Ian Holm (1931) – Alien/Lord of the Rings actor now wheelchair bound and in increasingly frail health according to the FT.

-Michel Houllebecq (1956) – Ghastly looking French writer.

-Douglas Hurd (1930) – Tory heavyweight and Major Cabinet member that has disappeared from view lately and has apparently been in poor health.

-William Hurt (1950) – Actor who allegedly cured terminal cancer with quackery. The latter is obvious bullshit, but is the former?

-Lord Hutton (1931) – Remember the Hutton Report, that said that Tony Blair and co had nothing to do with the death of David Kelly, and that all of the Iraq War lies were the fault of the BBC and def not Tony B or Ally Campbell? That was this guy! Was also the judge in N Ireland back in the day you wanted if you were suspected of being in the IRA, despite being a dour Presby. Retired from the Lords in 2018.

-DeWayne Lee Johnson (1972) – Monsanto Man. He’s going to die in 2019, he is going to obit (Guardian love him for one), and with his case making the BBC News, he’ll probably be a Drop 40er.

-Terry Jones (1942) – Monty Python star, who in 2019 will be in Year 4 of a fast acting dementia which tends to kill folk in… Year 4.

-Eric Joyce (1960) – Alkie former MP and former soldier who once headbutted a Tory MP in a bar fight. Also had an affair with a schoolgirl. Despite this, mostly forgotten! Wont make old bones, 65 might be a struggle too.

-Charles Kay (1930) – Actor that used to be in everything. Edge of Darkness etc.

-Yaphet Kotto (1939) – Alien and Live and Let Die star.

-Stuart Kuttner (1939) – Former Murdoch Press editor, now frail after a series of strokes.

-Denis Law (1940) – Football legend who has been suffering a lot of pensioner related illnesses and looks like fucking shite now. Circling the drain.

-John Le Carre (1931) – Old legendary author, Smiley’s People, etc.

-Ian Levine (1954) – Take That manager and Loud Doctor Who fan who gets very angry with everyone (he probably even told Biblio to fuck off once, like everyone else in Who fandom, can you imagine that?), and once got to write a Dr Who story, which was crap. Also a pioneer in rescuing missing archive TV. Had the world’s least surprising massive stroke in 2014.

-Steffan Lewis (1985) – terminally ill Plaid Cymru politician.

-Jet Li (1963) – Action film star with heart issues who looks aged.

-Henry Lincoln (1930) – Created the Yetis in Dr Who with long gone Mervyn Haisman, then wrote a pile of shite which inspired the Da Vinci Code. Grumpy old sod, mostly, but with a point – ripped off several times, never earned a cent for it.

-Joan Lingard (1932) – Wrote series of books about N Ireland young love. Really old and doesn’t appear much now.

-John Nettleton (1929) – Actor who was in everything – you’ll know the face – but long retired now due to being 90 in February coming.

-Olivia Newton John (1948) – Grease star with relapsed breast cancer (incurable) and trying to treat it with alternative medicines.

-Monty Norman (1928) – Utterly forgotten, sod all mentions on here, despite writing the Bond theme. Berry Gordy is the same age but still relatively public, looking healthy, and a bonafide future DL pick – whereas Monty’s off the radar.

-Sir Roger Norrington (1934) – Acclaimed conductor, fighting off inoperable brain cancer for a decade with a cocktail of drugs.

-Eileen Paisley (1934) – Big Ian’s* widow, who spends most of her time criticising the DUP who have somehow managed to move to the right of the late Dr and spend much their time going “I think what Ian Paisley meant to say… “
*Naw, no that one!!!

-Judy Parfitt (1935)- Well seen face on TV, now in Call the fecking Midwive. Said she didn’t expect to live to see end of show, is she keeping something from us?

-Chris Patten (1944) – Tory chairman who hilariously lost in 92, then was last Governor of Hong Kong and chairman of the BBC. Now suffering from heart problems.

-Martin Peters (1943) – English World Cup winner now badly ill with dementia. Allegedly as bad as Nobby according to the Mail and co earlier in the year.

-Gordon Pinsent (1930) – Canadian TV actor who will actually QO as he was Benton’s dead dad (he was a ghost) in Due South. What do you mean, what was Due South? It was fucking massive in the 90s. OK, he’s also the voice of Cornelius in 90s kids TV show Babar. Oh, and he had brain surgery in 2016.

-Sidney Poitier (1927) – Legendary actor now looking rather frail.

-Harry Reid (1939) – Heavyweight US politician with a touch of the old pancreatic cancer.

-Kenny Richey (1964) - Scot who was on Death Row in the US for 20 years, despite dodgy evidence. Got cleared in 2007, promptly became a raging alkie, got cancer, tried suicide several times andhad a breakdown. Now allegedly on the wagon, but has suffered a stroke and five heart attacks in the last few years! On borrowed time imo.

-Diana Rigg (1936) – The lovely Emma Peel, also a trained RSCer. Had a massive heart attack in 2017 which nearly killed her, an event which would have sent this household into deep mourning. Ah, 1967 Diana Rigg…. Sorry, where were we again?

-Shane Rimmer (1929) – Actor/writer, 4 Bond films, Star Wars, Dr Strangelove, UFO, Thunderbirds. Great CV. Also wrote Avalanche, one of the best Captain Scarlet episodes. Now very old and retired, but still attends fan conventions regularly. Even so, Robert Hardy showed how quickly actors go from that, to ill, to dead, so one to keep an eye on with a slam dunk QO.

-Linda Riordan (1953) – former MP who retired in 2015 due to ill health.

-Anne Robinson (1944) – Former Watchdog/Weakest Link host with alcoholism and cancer problems in her past.

-Smokey Robinson (1940) – One of those legendary music figures you think is already dead.

-Dean Stockwell (1936) – Quantum Leap! Married to the Mob (for which he got an Oscar nom)! The only good thing in the Langoliers! Had documented stroke/dementia issues in recent years sadly, now retired to New Zealand.

-Beryl Vertue (1931) – Former agent of Spike Milligan, Terry Nation, Eric Sykes et all. Producer of Men Behaving Badly and Coupling. Sold the TV rights for Sanford and Son and All in the Family to the Yanks. Produced Tommy, and cult Tommy Cooper comedy short The Plank. Exec produced most of Steven Moffat’s work, as she is his mother in law.

-Lorriane Warren (1927) – Ghost hunter who popularized the Amityville case. Been in frail poor health for years.